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■when he found the privy-door fast- 

 ened. He waited some time, Mhen 

 he began to feel alarm, and a car- 

 penter was sent for to force the 

 door. He perceived a ribband 

 fastened through two light-holes, 

 which he cat and heard something 

 fall. Mr. Turner, a neighbour, as- 

 sisted in forcing open the door, when 

 they found the deceased lifeless. 

 Mr. Turner conveyed her to a room 

 in the house, and, after leaving her, 

 Mr. C. searched her pockety and 

 found the keys of her bureau, m liich 

 he opened, and found a letter, in the 

 hand-writing of the deceased, folded 

 up, and bearing this inscription, 

 *' Let the world know." The in- 

 side expressed the cause of the per- 

 petration of this rash act; which was, 

 that a young man had forsaken her. 

 The wife of Mr. Skelton, a tea- 

 dealer in Green-strcet, Grosvenor- 

 square, put a period to her existence 

 in a hay-field near Wcjbrjdge, in 

 Surrey. She was on a visit to the 

 family of Mr. Bennett, near Wey- 

 bridge. On the precodingmorning, 

 'after partaking of a hearty break, 

 fast, she observed to the family that 

 she would take a short walk, being 

 of opinion it would do her good, 

 and with unusual earnestness bid 

 them "good bye!" but returned 

 shortly, and shaking; them by the 

 liands, said, " God bless you ! God 

 tless you !" Expecting her return, 

 the family waited M'ith the utmost 

 anxiety for the space of tn o hours ; 

 but not returning, they sent mes- 

 sengers after her. After a long 

 search, she was found on the follow- 

 ing morning sitting upright in aditch, 

 ■with her throat cut from ear to ear, 

 and a pen-knife lying by her side, 

 which she generally carried in her 

 pocket. A coroiier's inquest was 

 summoned, and the evidence ad- 



duced proved these facts, with the 

 addition, that the whole of the day 

 on which she disappeared was spent 

 in a hay field, where the hay-makers 

 observed her walking backwards 

 and forwards. The jury returned 

 a verdict of lunacy. She was neat 

 70 years old, and the mother of se- 

 veral children. 



15tJi. At her house in Stanhope- 

 street, May-fair, aged 60, the dow- 

 ager marchioness of Statibrd, mother 

 to the duchess of Beaufort, lady 

 Harrowby, and lord Granville Le- 

 veson Gowcr. She had been lady 

 Susanna Stev/art, daughter of the 

 late earl of Galloway, and sister to 

 the present earl. The house of 

 Statibrd is connected with almost 

 every noble house in the kingdom. 

 The nearest relatives are the Beau- 

 fort, Hamilton, Stopford, Carlisle, 

 Galloway, Blandlord, Dunmore, 

 JMacdonald, and Harrowby families. 



16th. At his seat, Tailogie, in 

 Scotland, the hon. David Ross, lord 

 Ankerville, one of the senators of 

 the college of justice. 



19th. At Edinburgh, Mrs. Ro- 

 bertson, of Lude, wife of brigadier'- 

 general R. 



At his seat at Forthfield, near 

 Rathfarnham, county of Dublin, the 

 right hon. Barry lord viscount 

 Avonniore, lord chief baron of his 

 majesty's court of Irish exchequer, 

 and registrar of the high court of 

 chancery in that kingdom. His 

 lordship was called to the bar in 

 1764 : appointed attorney-general 

 in 17S2 ; and, on the death of the 

 hon. W. H. Burgh, was advanced to 

 the chief seat in the exchequer, in 

 1782. He rose to his high rank 

 and station by mere force of talent, 

 having been one of the most accom- 

 plished scholars, profound lawyers, 

 and elo^ueot orators that ever adorn. 



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